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Tom zawiera siedem opowiadań - siedem mistrzowsko skreślonych przez Czechowa portretów kobiecych: od łaskawej księżnej pani, od żony wysokiego urzędnika państwowego, budującej karierę swego męża w niezbyt budujący sposób, i kobiety "wyzwolonej" - do chórzystki z półświatka i prostych wiejskich kobiet, które z fatalizmem godzą się na swój los lub zatracają się w zgubnej namiętności.
160 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1981
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Anton Chekhov
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Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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May 25, 2025
3,5
po zobaczeniu sztuki “mewa” uznałam, że chce sprawdzić czy problem leżał po stronie reżyserii czy może nie zgrywam się z twórczością czechowa
opowiadania (nie wiem na ile reprezentatywne) były stabilne, przeciętne, bez wzlotów, uniesień, ale i bez tragedii - po prostu okej - parę ciekawie skonstruowanych sylwetek - ot co
po zobaczeniu sztuki “mewa” uznałam, że chce sprawdzić czy problem leżał po stronie reżyserii czy może nie zgrywam się z twórczością czechowa
opowiadania (nie wiem na ile reprezentatywne) były stabilne, przeciętne, bez wzlotów, uniesień, ale i bez tragedii - po prostu okej - parę ciekawie skonstruowanych sylwetek - ot co
December 31, 2020
"Baby" to wybór siedmiu opowiadań, których głównymi bohaterkami są kobiety. Są wśród nich przedstawicielki różnych stanów, od księżnej, przez lekkomyślne i niewierne małżonki, zubożałą dziewczynę emancypującą się przez małżeństwo z bogatym mężem, po wiejskie kobiety. Nie wiem na ile są to reprezentacyjne opowiadania w dorobku Czechowa. Uważam, że wszystkie są znakomite. W zasadzie o każdym z osobna wypadałoby napisać osobną opinię, bo zawierają niezwykle celne obserwacje dotyczące kobiet i ogólnie na temat ludzkiej natury. Zaopatrzyłem się już w szerszy, dwutomowy zbiór opowiadań Czechowa i mam nadzieję, że przeczytam je w niedalekiej przyszłości.
April 10, 2023
Zbiór siedmiu opowiadań daje czytelnikowi pewne pojęcie, jak postrzegano kobiety i ich rolę w społeczeństwie w XIX-wiecznej, carskiej Rosji. Czytając, odniosłam wrażenie że autor stara się nie oceniać swoich bohaterek, a jedynie zaprezentować ich zachowanie i światopogląd zależny od posiadanego statusu społecznego. Co ciekawe, większość postaci obecnych w tych opowiadaniach jest opisanych w sposób unikający generalizowania; nie ma osobowości czarno-białych, a czytelnik ma szansę wniknąć w ich zakamarki i wyciągnąć osobiste wnioski.
Podobała mi się ta lektura i sądzę, że jeszcze wrócę do pana Czechowa.
Podobała mi się ta lektura i sądzę, że jeszcze wrócę do pana Czechowa.
November 15, 2025
Wśród wszystkich opowiadań naliczyłem 1 (słownie - jedną) akceptowalną postać męska. Muszę chyba zmienić na jakiś czas epokę literatury którą czytam, bo czuję się już przeciążony. Zdaję sobie sprawę, że to pewnie miało pokazywać przykry los kobiet w XIX-wiecznej Rosji, ale to wszystko jest jakieś bezrefleksyjne, często dążące do ukazania bohaterek jako winowajczyń. Mimo wszystko ciekawe opowiadania, tylko sporo przy ich czytaniu poczucia niesprawiedliwości, może nawet obrzydzenia.
February 19, 2021
Bardzo przyjemne opowiadania - dorwałam stare wydanie i przeczytałam w dwa wieczory 7 opowiadań. Świetnie oddane sylwetki różnych osobowości. Daje do myślenia.
July 14, 2024
bardzo dobre opowiadania, na pewno wrócę jeszcze do innych dzieł Czechowa
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